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fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

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unidentified mysterious animal

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(theatrical) fighting scene

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kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

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detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

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on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

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fat; tallow; lard; grease

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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existence; possession; having; limited company

3

fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

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China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

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double meaning

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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bubble; bubble economy

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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frail; slender; feminine

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collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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huh?; what's up?

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews

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to occur; to happen

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

was

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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life span

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to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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something; some kind of; for some reason

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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breeding; raising; rearing

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remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively

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to like; to prefer

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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